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Corticosterone

Known as: (11beta)-11,21-Dihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 11,21-dihydroxy-, (11beta)-, Corticosterone [Chemical/Ingredient] 
An adrenocortical steroid that has modest but significant activities as a mineralocorticoid and a glucocorticoid. (From Goodman and Gilman's The… 
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11-dehydrocorticosterone18-vinyldeoxycorticosterone19-norcorticosterone20-dihydrocorticosterone
Adrenal CortexCorticosterone AssayCorticosterone:MCnc:24H:Urine:QnCorticosterone:MCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:Qn

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Adrenal Cortex HormonesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsGlucocorticoids

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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Permissive effect of dexamethasone on the increase of proenkephalin mRNA induced by depolarization of chromaffin cells.
In cultured bovine chromaffin cells, changes in the dynamic state of enkephalin stores elicited experimentally were studied by… 
1986
1986
Enhancement of plasma levels of biologically active leukotriene B compounds during anaphylaxis in guinea pigs pretreated by indomethacin or by a fish oil-enriched diet.
The changes in arterial plasma concentrations of immunoreactive leukotriene B (LTB) were compared after antigen challenge of two… 
1982
1982
Relative importance of corticosterone and thyroxine in the postnatal development of sucrase and maltase in rat small intestine.
Both corticosterone and T4 have been previously implicated as causal factors in the ontogenic increases in jejunal sucrase and… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The effect of pregnenolone, progesterone, deoxycorticosterone or corticosterone on the time of ovulation and oviposition in the hen.
Pregnenolone, progesterone, deoxycorticosterone and corticosterone were injected into hens between 16.30 and 17.00 h on the day… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Estimation of aldosterone, 11-deoxycorticosterone, 18-hydroxy-11-deoxy-corticosterone, corticosterone, cortisol and 11-deoxycortisol in human plasma by gas-liquid chromatography with electron capture…
A method for determining the plasma concentrations of six major corticosteroids, aldosterone, 18-hydroxy-11-deoxycorticosterone… 
1975
1975
Effect of ACTH and histamine stress on serum corticosterone and adrenal cyclic AMP levels in immature rats.
Adrenal cAMP and plasma corticosterone levels were determined in pre-weanling rats subjected to treatment with either ACTH (50 mU… 
1974
1974
The effects of infusions of synthetic adrenocorticotrophin in the conscious calf
1. A technique is described by which the whole of the effluent blood from the right adrenal gland can be collected as required… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Effects of methylxanthines on adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate and corticosterone in the rat adrenal.
The possibility that phosphodiesterase inhibitors might potentiate the adrenal stimulating action of ACTH was investigated using… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Determination of corticosterone in plasma by fluorometric techniques.
Four brief fluorometric methods for the determination of corticosterone were compared with a thoroughly validated extended… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
The effect of aldosterone, cortisol, and corticosterone upon the sodium and potassium content of sheep's parotid saliva.
Sodium depletion in the sheep results in a fall in parotid salivary sodium/potassium concentration ratio (Na/K) from a normal 25…